diff --git a/server/app/api/__init__.py b/server/app/api/__init__.py
index b8cfb9ee..38416d8a 100644
--- a/server/app/api/__init__.py
+++ b/server/app/api/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def initialize() -> None:
     """
     functions.start_watchdog()
     prep.create_config_dir()
-    functions.reindex_tracks()
+    functions.run_checks()
 
 
 initialize()
diff --git a/server/app/functions.py b/server/app/functions.py
index e8520266..dc29a355 100644
--- a/server/app/functions.py
+++ b/server/app/functions.py
@@ -3,33 +3,33 @@ This module contains functions for the server
 """
 import os
 import time
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from io import BytesIO
 
 import requests
-from app import helpers
-from app import settings
-from app.lib import watchdoge
-from app.lib.populate import Populate, CreateAlbums
 from PIL import Image
-from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
-from app.lib import trackslib
+from app import helpers, settings
+from app.lib import watchdoge
+from app.lib.albumslib import ValidateThumbs
 
 
 @helpers.background
-def reindex_tracks():
+def run_checks():
     """
     Checks for new songs every 5 minutes.
     """
 
     # while True:
-    trackslib.validate_tracks()
+    # trackslib.validate_tracks()
 
-    Populate()
-    CreateAlbums()
+    # Populate()
+    # CreateAlbums()
 
-    if helpers.Ping()():
-        CheckArtistImages()()
+    # if helpers.Ping()():
+    #     CheckArtistImages()()
+
+    ValidateThumbs()
 
 
 @helpers.background
diff --git a/server/app/helpers.py b/server/app/helpers.py
index a3c5a520..12fe7d73 100644
--- a/server/app/helpers.py
+++ b/server/app/helpers.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def create_safe_name(name: str) -> str:
     """
     Creates a url-safe name from a name.
     """
-    return "".join([i for i in name if i not in '/\\:*?"<>|'])
+    return "".join([i for i in name if i not in '/\\:*?"<>|#'])
 
 
 class UseBisection:
diff --git a/server/app/lib/albumslib.py b/server/app/lib/albumslib.py
index 5c389833..e8f2f28d 100644
--- a/server/app/lib/albumslib.py
+++ b/server/app/lib/albumslib.py
@@ -1,37 +1,95 @@
 """
 This library contains all the functions related to albums.
 """
-from pprint import pprint
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+import os
 import random
 from typing import List
 
-from app import helpers, instances, models
+from app import helpers, models
 from app.lib import taglib
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
+from app.settings import THUMBS_PATH
+from app import instances
 
-def get_all_albums() -> List[models.Album]:
+
+# def get_all_albums() -> List[models.Album]:
+#     """
+#     Returns a list of album objects for all albums in the database.
+#     """
+#     print("Getting all albums...")
+
+#     albums: List[models.Album] = []
+
+#     db_albums = instances.album_instance.get_all_albums()
+
+#     for album in tqdm(db_albums, desc="Creating albums"):
+#         aa = models.Album(album)
+#         albums.append(aa)
+
+#     return albums
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Thumbnail:
+    filename: str
+
+
+class RipAlbumImage:
     """
-    Returns a list of album objects for all albums in the database.
+    Rips a thumbnail for the given album hash.
     """
-    print("Getting all albums...")
 
-    albums: List[models.Album] = []
+    def __init__(self, hash: str) -> None:
+        tracks = instances.tracks_instance.find_tracks_by_hash(hash)
+        tracks = [models.Track(track) for track in tracks]
 
-    db_albums = instances.album_instance.get_all_albums()
+        for track in tracks:
+            ripped = taglib.extract_thumb(track.filepath, hash + ".webp")
 
-    for album in tqdm(db_albums, desc="Creating albums"):
-        aa = models.Album(album)
-        albums.append(aa)
-
-    return albums
+            if ripped:
+                break
 
 
-def validate() -> None:
-    """
-    Creates album objects for all albums and returns
-    a list of track objects
-    """
+class ValidateThumbs:
+    @staticmethod
+    def remove_obsolete():
+        """
+        Removes unreferenced thumbnails from the thumbnails folder.
+        """
+        entries = os.scandir(THUMBS_PATH)
+        entries = [entry for entry in entries if entry.is_file()]
+
+        albums = helpers.Get.get_all_albums()
+        thumbs = [Thumbnail(album.hash + ".webp") for album in albums]
+
+        for entry in tqdm(entries, desc="Validating thumbnails"):
+            e = helpers.UseBisection(thumbs, "filename", [entry.name])()
+            if e is not None:
+                os.remove(entry.path)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def find_lost_thumbnails():
+        """
+        Re-rip lost album thumbnails
+        """
+        entries = os.scandir(THUMBS_PATH)
+        entries = [Thumbnail(entry) for entry in entries if entry.is_file()]
+
+        albums = helpers.Get.get_all_albums()
+        thumbs = [(album.hash + ".webp") for album in albums]
+
+        for t in thumbs:
+            e = helpers.UseBisection(entries, "filename", [t])
+
+            if e is None:
+                hash = t.split(".")[0]
+                RipAlbumImage(hash)
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.remove_obsolete()
+        self.find_lost_thumbnails()
 
 
 def get_album_duration(album: List[models.Track]) -> int:
diff --git a/server/app/settings.py b/server/app/settings.py
index de2e0450..f6eb0ff7 100644
--- a/server/app/settings.py
+++ b/server/app/settings.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 Contains default configs
 """
 import os
-from dataclasses import dataclass
 import multiprocessing
 
 
@@ -15,7 +14,8 @@ IMG_PATH = os.path.join(APP_DIR, "images")
 THUMBS_PATH = os.path.join(IMG_PATH, "thumbnails")
 TEST_DIR = "/home/cwilvx/Music/Link to Music/Chill/Wolftyla Radio"
 # HOME_DIR = TEST_DIR
-# URL
+
+# URLS
 IMG_BASE_URI = "http://127.0.0.1:8900/images/"
 IMG_ARTIST_URI = IMG_BASE_URI + "artists/"
 IMG_THUMB_URI = IMG_BASE_URI + "thumbnails/"